The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The idle 'prentice at play in the church yard during divine service [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Idle apprentice at play in the church yard during divine service
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliament Sepbr 30, 1747.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
A churchyard with Tom Idle sprawled on a tomb playing hustle-cap with a one-eyed man wearing a striped cap and a ragged boot-black. A younger boy scratches his head in puzzlement as he watches the play, and a beadle raises his cane to strike Idle. In the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave. To the right in the background, the congregation enters the church
- Description
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Title etched above image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Third plate in the series of twelve: Industry and idleness.
"Plate 3"--Below frame.
Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Ch:XIX. Ve. 29. Judgments are prepar'd for Scorners & Stripes for the back of Fools.
On page 133 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 26.3 x 34.6 cm. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.5 x 34.9 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 41. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Puns (Visual works)
Etchings England London 1747 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Gambling
Officials
Shoe shiners
Skulls
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Rake's progress - Subjects
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Gambling
Officials
Shoe shiners
Skulls
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Rake's progress
England > London > 1747
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9866578
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194062
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